Artur Ekert

33.1k total citations · 10 hit papers
110 papers, 21.5k citations indexed

About

Artur Ekert is a scholar working on Artificial Intelligence, Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics and Statistical and Nonlinear Physics. According to data from OpenAlex, Artur Ekert has authored 110 papers receiving a total of 21.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 86 papers in Artificial Intelligence, 83 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics and 12 papers in Statistical and Nonlinear Physics. Recurrent topics in Artur Ekert's work include Quantum Information and Cryptography (75 papers), Quantum Computing Algorithms and Architecture (69 papers) and Quantum Mechanics and Applications (62 papers). Artur Ekert is often cited by papers focused on Quantum Information and Cryptography (75 papers), Quantum Computing Algorithms and Architecture (69 papers) and Quantum Mechanics and Applications (62 papers). Artur Ekert collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, Singapore and Italy. Artur Ekert's co-authors include Chiara Macchiavello, Richard Jozsa, Anton Zeilinger, Dirk Bouwmeester, Adriano Barenco, David Deutsch, Vlatko Vedral, Matthias Christandl, Nilanjana Datta and G. Massimo Palma and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Physical Review Letters and Reviews of Modern Physics.

In The Last Decade

Artur Ekert

107 papers receiving 20.5k citations

Hit Papers

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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

Quantum cryptography based on Bell’s theorem

1991 7.2k citations Artur Ekert Physical Review Letters profile →
The Physics of Quantum Information

2000 1.4k citations Dirk Bouwmeester, Artur Ekert et al. profile →
Quantum computation and Shor's factoring algorithm

1996 909 citations Artur Ekert et al. profile →
Quantum Privacy Amplification and the Security of Quantum Cryptography over Noisy Channels

1996 886 citations David Deutsch, Artur Ekert et al. Physical Review Letters profile →
Perfect State Transfer in Quantum Spin Networks

2004 862 citations Matthias Christandl, Nilanjana Datta et al. Physical Review Letters profile →
Conditional Quantum Dynamics and Logic Gates

1995 743 citations David Deutsch, Artur Ekert et al. Physical Review Letters profile →
Improvement of Frequency Standards with Quantum Entanglement

1997 696 citations Chiara Macchiavello, Artur Ekert et al. Physical Review Letters profile →
Quantum algorithms revisited

1998 656 citations Artur Ekert, Chiara Macchiavello et al. profile →
Quantum computers and dissipation

1996 646 citations Artur Ekert et al. profile →
Geometric quantum computation using nuclear magnetic resonance

2000 586 citations Vlatko Vedral, Artur Ekert et al. Nature profile →

Author Peers

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Author						Papers	Cites
Artur Ekert	19.0k	18.5k	1.4k	1.3k	1.1k	110	21.5k
Gui‐Lu Long	16.2k 0.8×	17.4k 0.9×	2.0k 1.5×	819 0.6×	1.4k 1.2×	473	20.3k
Richard Jozsa	16.8k 0.9×	15.5k 0.8×	874 0.6×	1.1k 0.8×	880 0.8×	59	18.1k
Michael A. Nielsen	22.3k 1.2×	18.8k 1.0×	2.0k 1.5×	3.2k 2.5×	2.6k 2.3×	70	26.4k
William K. Wootters	31.8k 1.7×	31.3k 1.7×	1.2k 0.9×	1.1k 0.9×	2.6k 2.4×	67	35.0k
John A. Smolin	16.5k 0.9×	13.8k 0.7×	1.2k 0.9×	1.9k 1.5×	596 0.5×	93	17.5k
Lov K. Grover	20.0k 1.1×	13.7k 0.7×	1.8k 1.3×	4.7k 3.6×	1.5k 1.3×	37	22.9k
Raymond Laflamme	13.4k 0.7×	12.1k 0.7×	2.3k 1.7×	1.7k 1.3×	1.1k 1.0×	179	17.4k
Emanuel Knill	12.2k 0.6×	10.6k 0.6×	1.0k 0.7×	1.6k 1.3×	670 0.6×	133	14.1k
Gilles Brassard	20.9k 1.1×	17.5k 0.9×	1.9k 1.3×	1.7k 1.3×	654 0.6×	119	22.8k
Asher Peres	18.8k 1.0×	20.2k 1.1×	881 0.6×	1.0k 0.8×	3.3k 3.0×	212	23.4k

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Turzyński, Krzysztof, et al.. (2024). Covariant quantum field theory of tachyons. Physical review. D. 110(1). 3 indexed citations

Dragan, Andrzej & Artur Ekert. (2023). Reply to the Comment on ‘Quantum principle of relativity’. New Journal of Physics. 25(12). 128002–128002. 2 indexed citations

Dragan, Andrzej & Artur Ekert. (2023). Reply to Comment on ‘Quantum principle of relativity’. New Journal of Physics. 25(8). 88002–88002. 5 indexed citations

Dragan, Andrzej, et al.. (2022). Relativity of superluminal observers in 1 + 3 spacetime. Classical and Quantum Gravity. 40(2). 25013–25013. 10 indexed citations

Lim, Charles Ci Wen, Feihu Xu, Jian-Wei Pan, & Artur Ekert. (2021). Security Analysis of Quantum Key Distribution with Small Block Length and Its Application to Quantum Space Communications. Physical Review Letters. 126(10). 100501–100501. 35 indexed citations

Ekert, Artur & Renato Renner. (2014). The ultimate physical limits of privacy. Nature. 507(7493). 443–447. 77 indexed citations

Sinayskiy, Ilya, et al.. (2012). Decoherence-Assisted Transport in a Dimer System. Physical Review Letters. 108(2). 20602–20602. 36 indexed citations

Deutsch, David & Artur Ekert. (2012). Beyond the Quantum Horizon. Scientific American. 307(3). 84–89. 3 indexed citations

Bouwmeester, Dirk, Artur Ekert, & Anton Zeilinger. (2010). The Physics of Quantum Information: Quantum Cryptography, Quantum Teleportation, Quantum Computation. Springer eBooks. 76 indexed citations

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Dam, Wim van, Giacomo Mauro D’Ariano, Artur Ekert, Chiara Macchiavello, & Michele Mosca. (2007). Optimal Quantum Circuits for General Phase Estimation. Physical Review Letters. 98(9). 90501–90501. 62 indexed citations

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Bovino, Fabio Antonio, Giuseppe Castagnoli, Artur Ekert, et al.. (2005). Direct Measurement of Nonlinear Properties of Bipartite Quantum States. Physical Review Letters. 95(24). 240407–240407. 123 indexed citations

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Du, Jiangfeng, Thomas Durt, Ping Zou, et al.. (2005). Experimental Quantum Cloning with Prior Partial Information. Physical Review Letters. 94(4). 40505–40505. 95 indexed citations

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Angelakis, Dimitris G., Marcelo F. Santos, Vassilios Yannopapas, & Artur Ekert. (2004). Quantum computation in photonic crystals. arXiv (Cornell University). 1 indexed citations

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Albanese, Claudio, Matthias Christandl, Nilanjana Datta, & Artur Ekert. (2004). Mirror Inversion of Quantum States in Linear Registers. Physical Review Letters. 93(23). 230502–230502. 191 indexed citations

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Gühne, Otfried, P. Hyllus, Artur Ekert, et al.. (2003). Experimental detection of entanglement via witness operators and local measurements. Journal of Modern Optics. 50(6-7). 1079–1102. 77 indexed citations

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Du, Jiangfeng, Ping Zou, Mingjun Shi, et al.. (2003). Observation of Geometric Phases for Mixed States using NMR Interferometry. Physical Review Letters. 91(10). 100403–100403. 113 indexed citations

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Anandan, J., Erik Sjöqvist, Arun Kumar Pati, et al.. (2002). Singularities of the mixed state phase - Reply. Strathprints: The University of Strathclyde institutional repository (University of Strathclyde). 1 indexed citations

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Horodecki, Paweł & Artur Ekert. (2002). Method for Direct Detection of Quantum Entanglement. Physical Review Letters. 89(12). 127902–127902. 201 indexed citations

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Ekert, Artur, Carolina Alves, Daniel K. L. Oi, et al.. (2002). Direct Estimations of Linear and Nonlinear Functionals of a Quantum State. Physical Review Letters. 88(21). 217901–217901. 281 indexed citations

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Sjöqvist, Erik, Arun Kumar Pati, Artur Ekert, et al.. (2000). Geometric Phases for Mixed States in Interferometry. Physical Review Letters. 85(14). 2845–2849. 398 indexed citations

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